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ARTICLE · 16 JANUARY 2019

Changes Introduced In Patents And Designs By Chilean Draft IP Law

On October 2, 2018, a new draft law was sent to the Chilean Congress to update the Law No. 19,039 on Industrial Property, the Law No. 20,254, which establishes the National Institute of Industrial Property and the Criminal Procedure Code.

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On October 2, 2018, a new draft law was sent to the Chilean Congress to update the Law No. 19,039 on Industrial Property, the Law No. 20,254, which establishes the National Institute of Industrial Property and the Criminal Procedure Code.

The main changes introduced by the draft law regarding patents and industrial designs are the following:

Patents

Provisional patents

The draft law includes the possibility of applying for provisional patent applications, which will provide applicants with a term of 12 months to proceed with the filing of the corresponding definitive application.

Fees for additional pages

The draft law establishes that any patent application exceeding 50 pages must pay, together with the filing fee, an additional fee of 1 Monthly Tax Unit – which at the end of 2018 was equivalent to approximately 71.5 USD – for every 20 additional pages or fractions of pages.

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